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Jonathan Pierce (1727 - abt. 1785)

Jonathan Pierce
Born in Groton, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married about Nov 1750 in Groton, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
Descendants descendants
Died about at about age 57 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Biography

Jonathan Pierce was born April 11, 1727, in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He was the son of Stephen Pierce and Rachel Harwood Pierce.[1][2]

He was married in November, 1750 in Groton to Ruth Gilson, daughter of Joseph Gilson and Sarah (Unknown) Gilson.[1][[3][4]

Children, all born in Groton:[1][2]

  1. Jonathan, b December 3, 1751, d 12 May 1806 in his 55th year
  2. Benjamin, b June 5, 1754
  3. Ruth, b June, 1757, died January 12, 1766, "of a throat distemper"
  4. Molly, b March 25, 1759, d January 12, 1766, "of a throat distemper"
  5. Stephen, b August 13, 1761, d January 13, 1766, "of a throat distemper"
  6. Joseph, b May 15, 1764, d January 20, 1766, "of a throat distemper"
  7. Ruth, b April 17, 1767
  8. Solomon, b September 2, 1771

26 June 1761 Jonathan Pierce is included in a "List of the members of the Church of C______ in Groton" which details the members who ""Consented to the Covenant" . [5]

Jonathan died about 1785, aged 58, in Groton.[6]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 North American Family Histories 1500-2000; Genealgy of the Gillson and Jillson Families; page 248.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Massachusetts Town and Vital Records 1620-1988;I Groton VR; Volume 1, page 183; Volume 2, page 254.
  3. Earliest Groton Church Records by Greene.
  4. Massachusetts Compiled Marriage Records 1633-1850, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah; Film #0873746 item 4.
  5. Green, Samuel Abbott "Groton Historical Series: A Collection of Papers Relating to the history of the Town of Groton, Massachusetts: Vol. IV, No. 1: Early Church Records, 1761-1830" p.7. pub. Cambridge, Mass., USA: University Press, 1887. Accessed 3 Sep 2021. https://archive.org/details/cu31924092219942/page/n23/mode/1up?q=Pierce
  6. Middlesex County, Massachusetts Probate Index 1648-1870; Case 17509; Compiled by James Flint, database on-line.




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